911 Briefs -- Published Sept. 27, 2012

STOCKTON - Police say they chased and arrested two men responsible for a Wednesday afternoon shooting and recovered the weapon.

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By The Record

Posted Sep. 27, 2012 at 12:01 AM

By The Record

Posted Sep. 27, 2012 at 12:01 AM

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STOCKTON - Police say they chased and arrested two men responsible for a Wednesday afternoon shooting and recovered the weapon.

Duane Touchstone, 37, and Joseph Gill, 20, were taken into custody in the 2000 block of Houston Avenue about 4:45 p.m. on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and evasion, according to the Stockton Police Department.

Authorities say Gill shot a 36-year-old man in his left foot in front of a tire store near the 100 block of East Charter Street about 4:15 p.m. before fleeing in a Geo coupe. With the help of witnesses, officers spotted the car shortly after the attack and began to chase it through south Stockton. The car was going more than 50 mph and into oncoming traffic at points, and police used legal intervention to end the chase, said Officer Joe Silva of the Stockton Police Department.

A Stockton police patrol car bumped the Geo, which hit a tree on a residential street near Van Buskirk Golf Course. Gill was bleeding profusely from the head after the crash but was alert and conscious.

A .22 caliber semi-automatic pistol was found in the car. Police say the victim and Gill are former co-workers and the gunshot came after a struggle in the parking lot.

STOCKTON - Four men could be facing drug and gun charges after marijuana, pills and two loaded handguns were found after a car chase.

Tony Clayton, 24; Christopher Lloyd, 19; Jermaine Hoffman, 24; and Leo Lloyd, 20; are being held at the San Joaquin County Jail on various drug charges after Stockton police say they threw drugs out of their car during a chase Tuesday afternoon in north Stockton.

The 2-mile chase began in the 2500 block of Stanfield Drive after Community Response Team officers tried to make a traffic stop. Drugs were dumped from the car during the chase, police said, and a police K-9 was needed to subdue one of the fleeing suspects after the car stopped in Powder Court.

One suspect escaped, but no description was available.

STOCKTON - A man suspected of burglarizing a Weston Ranch home was shot with a Taser after attempting to flee from police Wednesday.

Marquis Fultcher, 21, was found near garbage cans and a fence in the 2000 block of Pisa Circle about 3 p.m., according to the Stockton Police Department. Fultcher had fled from an officer who initially spotted him and another man leaving a home in the 1700 block of William Moss Boulevard about 1:30 p.m. The men fled in opposite directions, and the other suspect was able to escape.

Police searched nearly 20 homes in the area after Fultcher was arrested. The at-large suspect is believed by police to be male, 5 feet 10 inches tall, 190 pounds and possibly in his mid-20s. Authorities initially suspected he was armed because he was holding his waist as he ran, but no weapon was seen.

TRACY - Nine arrests were made and roughly $300,000 worth of marijuana was recovered during a bust Wednesday morning.

The 205 plants and 80 pounds of harvested crop were found after an anonymous tip led San Joaquin County Metropolitan Narcotics Task Force officers to the 11700 block of West Larch Road in Tracy, according to authorities.